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Industries

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  • By Carl Cronan
  • March 25, 2011
Banking on Big Land

While demand for industrial space remains low, some developers are working to secure prime spots for new warehouses. They don't have to fight as much with homebuilders for positions this time around.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 25, 2011
Retail Rebound

Retail real estate show signs of an off-the-bottom bounce in the fourth quarter. Commercial real estate expected to continue to strengthen in 2011.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 25, 2011
Someone's in the office

The first signs of an improving office-space market on the Gulf Coast are showing in the data, but it may be too early to call the recovery in rents and vacancies.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 25, 2011
Taken by maps

New government flood maps are forcing property owners into previously uncharted territory. A case study of one Fort Myers property owner shows the government slashed the value of his property by more than half.

  • Florida
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  • By Kurt Schultheis
  • March 23, 2011
Potential Colony investors revealed

After extending the deadline for renovation proposals because of interest, 14 parties are in the running to renovate the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Alabama health care REIT buys Pinnacle medical buildings

Birmingham, Ala.-based The Sanders Trust purchased two Pinnacle Medical Group medical buildings for a total of $11.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Paradise Group buys Cortez Village Square

Safety Harbor-based Paradise Development Group Inc. purchased the 36,542-square-foot Cortez Village Square shopping center for $1.6 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Wisconsin tech companies moving to riverfront

A company owned by Dr. Roger Hutchison purchased 27,302 square feet of office and warehouse space and a smaller parcel across Riverside Drive for $1 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Consolidated Citrus LP buys Colonial office building

Fort Myers-based Consolidated Citrus Limited Partnership purchased a 12,741-square-foot office and two model homes for $600,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Catholic Church diocese buys Restoration building

The Catholic Church's Diocese of Venice purchased the 19,904-square-foot Restoration Church building for $3.06 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Investment group buys Gunn Highway buildings

An investment group purchased two industrial buildings on Gunn Highway south of State Road 54 for $3 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Gamla-Cedron takes ownership of Preserve units

The Gamla-Cedron Group, an Israeli-based investment firm, has been issued a certificate of title for 158 units in The Preserve at Temple Terrace.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Tampa Family Health Centers plans Nebraska Avenue center

Tampa Family Health Centers Inc. purchased a 0.46-acre vacant lot across Bird Street from the Tampa Greyhound Track for $1.68 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Holiday House owners convert to Ramada Resort

Sarasotans Vincent Payne and Rodney Dessberg, who bought the Holiday House hotel in Venice late last year, have big plans to reinvigorate it.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 18, 2011
Follow the money

A group of Collier County government appointees asked The Jackson Laboratory tough questions. In the end, Collier decided it was too risky.

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